Grooming your Guinea Pig is a task that should be preformed at least once a month. A clean and healthy Guinea Pig is a happy Guinea Pig. Since Guinea Pigs are unable to groom themselves, you as an owner, are responsible for grooming them. If not groomed, or properly groomed, your Guinea Pig can experience ...
Do not trust a pet store employee to tell you what bedding is safest for guinea pigs (also called cavies.) Unless your vet specializes in guinea pigs, don’t trust the vet, either. Only people who have spent years or even decades with guinea pigs are the best sources for the best choices in guinea pig ...
Cavies or guinea pigs have been domesticated for thousands of years. It is known that the ancient Incas developed different strains relating to hair length and how well they tasted. Today’s guinea pigs contain a wide variety of genetic mutations relating to color hair and even size, leading to the creation of a multitude of ...
Guinea pigs, cute, adorable, and overall a great household pet. As an owner of four Guinea pigs, I have learned how to take care of them best over the last 3 years. Guinea pigs make great pets, children love them and they are not high maintenance. This guide will go over how to take care ...
You’re holding your guinea pig, who squeezes closer to you and it sounds he is purring. But only cats purr, right? Do guinea pigs purr? Yes, they most certainly do emit a purring sound. But is it really a purr and what does it mean? Is your guinea pig happy, sad, angry, or otherwise when ...
Guinea pigs or cavies are prey species, which means that they are highly desirable menus choices for predators. Predators choose their victims by selecting those that look sick, because sick animals are much easier to hunt than healthy ones. So, a guinea pig will hide its symptoms as long as possible. That means by the ...
Guinea fowl are wild, ground dwelling birds originally from Africa. There are Crested Guinea Fowl, Vulturine Guinea Fowl and Helmeted Guinea Fowl. Helmeted Guinea Fowl will be the focus of this article, and will hence be referred to simply as Guinea fowl. Guinea fowl adults weigh around 3 pounds or so and can be as ...
Unless the guinea pig is a “skinny pig” (purposely bred to be mostly hairless) bald patches are bad signs and need the prompt attention of a veterinarian. They could be signs of parasites, the fungal infection ringworm, malnutrition or (in the case of intact females) cancer of the reproductive organs. If your guinea pig lives ...
Guinea pigs are cute, friendly and come in a wide variety of colors and patterns. But here are ten things you need to know about guinea pigs before bringing one home. One: Guinea Pigs Are Not From Guinea Historians are unclear as to how guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) got their name. They are from South ...
There are four main types of cavies or guinea pigs – guinea pigs used for food, guinea pigs used in research, guinea pigs used in showing and guinea pigs kept as pets. Although within each of these types are a myriad of variations in colors, size and hair length, these are the main categories in ...